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Rapid Care Assessment ReportFor working women

Rapid Care Assessment Report Oxfam GB in cooperation with SEC

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................... 3

BACKGROUND ABOUT THE ACTIVITY...............................................................................................3

USED APPROACH............................................................................................................................. 3

MAIN FINDINGS............................................................................................................................... 4

ANNEX (1): FGD QUESTION'S......................................................................................................... 22

ANNEX (2): DEMOGRAPHIC FACTSHEET..........................................................................................25

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1. Introduction

It's of extreme important to study the life pattern of women through the established small and medium projects, to see how care work may impact women’s participation in development projects, and/or to ensure adequate ‘care for (vulnerable) people as part of wider programmes .

Through this report, some areas of working women life will be discussed for two sectors; ICT and food processing units as part of the OGB intervention. In addition, highlight the main positive and negative impact of such activities, and find out solutions for any challenges women may face to ensure more women empowerment and increase their social participation.

2. Used Approach

Oxfam GB used the Focus group discussion to get the feedback of the targeted women’ living style; how they spent their daily time, how they schedule their times between home and family care activities and the business tasks, in addition to what are the consequences of women engagement in business activities as manger, partner or employee. Set of FG guideline questions were developed by OGB and used to manage the group discussion. Meanwhile, FGD was facilitated and documented by both Oxfam and SEC staff. (See annex 1).

Also, and in order to study the relationship between the times spent in care activities and the socio-demographic status of the participants. A socio-demographic questionnaire was designed annex (2) and used with participants. (See annex 2)

Moreover, the collected data is a mixing between the quantitative and qualitative data.

3. Main Findings

Two focus group discussions were conducted in cooperation with UCAS (University of Applied science) and UWAC (Union of Agricultural Work Committee) in the Gaza Strip. The participants were mainly women from two main sectors; ICT and Food Processing. The total participated number is as following:

Organization Women Sector No. of participants Total

UCAS IT 11 18UWAC Food Processing 7

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The data analysis for the collected quantitative and qualitative data shows the following major findings for each sector:

General information

DP1ElderlyUniversitySchoolKG2s

Family member

sAge

Average

Monthly

IncomeNIS

Sector

001115241052ICT11140939729FP

ICT ProjectsThe majority of the working women in the IT projects are from the middle area 46%, 55% of them are married while 45% are still single. Additionally, 64% of them are graduated with Bsc certificate and 36% with diploma; the major specialties are web application and media (27%), mobile application and website design (18%) while only 9% are information technology.

It was found that 55% of the participants are living in family houses while only 9% are living in rented houses. This, in fact makes more pressure on women whom should have more responsibilities toward their extended families.

Participated women are leading several positions in the projects they worked within; 55% of them are managing the projects, 36% are employees while only 9% are partners in projects. This give good indicator that women could successfully can lead and manage IT business. ???

1 Disabled Persons 2 Kindergarten

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Middle45%

North18%

Gaza36%

Geographical Distribution

Married45%

Single55%

Martial Status


In this context, it’s revealed that 28% of women headed IT projects are in the media production field, followed by 27% in web application, 18% in the mobile and website while only 9% in technology. This is because the first two ranked are more suitable for the female where no need for more time in the field, its more related to the sense of design and the beauty issues.

More details about the life style and the challenged faced is documented below through the designed focus group discussion

Objective Get the participants to reflect on the standard norms and assumption regarding care (Household activities, people care)

Is there a difference between the hour’s men and woman spend on care in your community?All the participants agreed that there is a big difference in the numbers of hours spent on care work, where women spend more time than men.

Why do you think that this is?The reason behind that is mostly the norms and believes that men don't have the responsibilities/ability to any care work and there is no need to divide the work load between them and their wives. They believe is that the main role for the men is work outside the house to earn money and in return they want to come home to find that everything is taking care of, and their food is hot and ready awaiting them. One participant explained the same mentality still exists and nothing had changed in the last 10 years. The rest explained that thing have changed along with the men mentality which is accepting the need for sharing the duties and helping within the care responsibilities.

Has this changed in the last ten years? How has it changed?This change comes from different factors such as: more women are leaving the house and working and earning more money which helps the men as a result of the bad economic situation in Gaza after the blockade , also with the increased numbers of the educated men (husbands and brothers) which changed their mentality allowing them to at least take care of their own needs within the household.

How do your care responsibilities affect your ability to do earn money? Farming/earn money in your business?

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Media27%

Mobile App18%Web App

27%

Tech-nology

9%

Website18%

Business FieldPartner

9%

Manager55%

Employee36%

Role in the Project


Most of the women's time is wasted on the care responsibilities within the household whether it was caring for the house or people. One of the participants said that she is married and have a son and she says that her responsibilities are taking some much of her energy which can be used in her career. Another one said that she refused to look for a job when she had her first baby because she believed that her baby needs her more.

Do you or others ever discuss this in your home or in the community?6 out of 10 participants agreed that they have discussed the issue with their husbands and family members.

The participants were asked this question: if you your husband managed to get a good job which pays a good salary which provide a good support for the family; will you stay at home and take care of it and the children? (8 out of 10) agreed that she won’t stay at home and she will keep working.

Step 1 Explore relationships of care in the community

Objective: Get participants to reflect on whom they care for, who cares for them, and how relations of care build on social roles in the family.

Whom do you cook for?Cooking the food will be directly for the husband the children and indirectly to the in-laws and sometimes when needed to the women's parents.

Do you ever take food to your neighbors? 3 out of 10 would cook for other members of the family and some neighbors

Do you watch over any other children in addition to your own?Also, they will care for other children.

Who takes cares of your children when you are unwell?When the women are really ill and can't care for their family, they will get some help from the in-laws or/and parents and sisters, but that goes to serious illness when she can't leave the bed. Couple of the participants explained that when they are ill they will receive some help from their husbands but that will be in light care work which doesn't require hard efforts.

Who do you give moral support to?

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Women give moral support to a big number of family members such as: husbands, children, in-laws, brothers, sisters.

Step 2 Identify unpaid and paid work activities performed by women and men. Reach an estimate of average weekly hours spent on each category of work – including care – by women and men

Objective: Make visible the total volume of work done by women and by men, and within this, identify the share of care done respectively by women and men.

What care activities take up most of your time daily/weekly?

The picture shows that the care work which carried around the house hold is: Cooking, Cleaning the house, childcare. Food shopping, teaching the children, ironing, socializing, healthcare for children, making bread.

What factors increase the amount of time you have to spend on this task?The number one factor which increases the care work load is living within an extended family where the women doesn’t only care for her husband and children but also the husband’s parents. Another factor is the number of children as the more there is the more there will be care work to be done

Which families in the community take least time for this task? What do they have/do?Some of the families such as the women’s parents take less time doing the same care work and the reason is a well-organized household where the household activities are divided on the family members along with the father’s guiding for each member to finish their responsibilities. Also some of the in-laws owned an automatic washing machine that doesn’t only reduce the time needed for laundry but also the women’s energy that can be used in other households. Most of the participant explained that a working woman is more organized and can afford to work under pressure within the household activities, especially that they have a good motive for that, to finish their duties so they can focus on their business.

Do other communities have services/infrastructure that makes this task easier?There are some facilities within the community that could help the women such as: a bakery, an ironing place, but not the cleaning and cooking. There are some facilities that provide some childcare services for the working mom with monthly allowance. Some will hire a babysitter to come at home and take care of the child, and will do some of the household activities for extra money, but the baby sitter option is rarely used.

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What care activities do you do while running your business? While been at work some women will carry on some of the care duties, such as calling the husband to remind him about the children’s’ medicine time, also doing some social favors for some of the family members. Also she will go shopping while been outside for food and household needs. Some of the working moms, who work from home, will carry on their businesses while caring for their children and finishing the household activities simultaneously.

At what periods of the year do you find it more difficult to cope with care work? The hardest time of the year for care work is wintertime since the water will be too cold to be used in household activities.

What have you tried (individually or collectively) to reduce the time you spend on various care/housework activities? In effort to reduce the care load one said that she discussed with her husband how to reduce the care load, such as asking the in laws for help, or getting the husband to help with the children while been busy, also another said that she will ask her family to help her with some tasks such as laundry.

What do you wish you could buy? If the women got the chance she will buy some machines that will help her around the house such as: Dryer, automatic washing machine, Electronic vacuum. Also they prefer having a separate house and not living in the extended family house. Some wished to have a weekly assistant that will help in cleaning the house.

Step 3 Understand gendered patterns in care work. Identify 'most problematic' care activities for women. Discuss fluctuations in care patterns

Objective: Explore the significance (extent? Impact in lives of careers?) Of care work and distribution of care roles at household level

What care activities are performed at household level in your community?As explained before there is a diverse care activities from household duties to people care. Women are expected to carry on the care activities, especially if she is married, if not then the expectations are less in some cases.

What categories of people are involved in doing care work in your community?If the women didn’t do the expected care load then the workload will accumulate on the woman and the children will be affected, as there won’t be any one to help. In some cases the situation might reach violence, physical or moral against women.

Does your husband or family expect you to provide the care work at home?Women are expected to carry on the care activities, especially if she is married, if not then the expectations are less in some cases.

What happens if you don’t provide the care that you are expected to provide?

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If the women didn’t do the expected care load then the workload will accumulate on the woman and the children will be affected, as there won’t be any one to help. In some cases the situation might reach violence, physical or moral against women.

Which care activities do you have to do on your own?The activities in which the women are completely required to do are: household tasks such as cleaning, laundry and cooking, also childcare.

Do girls help with cooking? Washing the clothes?If the family have young girl they will help in small household tasks.

Do boys ever go to collect water? The water collection for the participants means buying clean water from a tank which will come to the house; hence the person who will be responsible for the tasks is mostly a male from the family: Husband, brother, in-laws.

Objective: Identify the care activities that are most problematic [and problematic for women]

What takes too much time?From the previous picture it was clear that the most tasks which take lots of time are: Cleaning the house, washing the dishes and child care.

What are the main issues: the amount of time spent doing care work? The restriction on their mobility associated with specific tasks (like caring for sick people or the elderly)? Some element of physical/mental discomfort? The inability to attend community meetings as these is held when women are busy with care work?

Living with an extended family, which will increase the number of the members who need more care. The number of children. The efforts needed

Objective: Understand fluctuations in care patterns

What factors lead to fluctuations in patterns of care? There are many factors which will increase the burden of the care work such as: Being pregnant which is hard when it comes to heavy care duties; if the regular help which the woman will get from the family members is not available for any reason with no alternative; the woman find herself leaving her business to care for her house and her children. Also, not having a car and being dependent on public transportations is another burden added on the working woman.

How has care activities changed?

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Care work changed over time, as there are more corporations and there are more alternatives now like having the technology helped to reduce the amount of the time and effort needed. Also, in social events such as women the trends now is to hire a male cook to prepare the food for the event.

Step 4 Discuss the support, services, infrastructure available in the community. Identify options for reducing and/or redistributing care work

Objective: Identify different categories of infrastructure, services that support care work

What support, what infrastructure, what services help your work caring for people or your housework?There are some facilities which could improve the care work for the women allowing her to care for her business such as: Cleaning facilities and childcare facilities where you can put the child or bring a worker to stay at home. Learning and activities center for the children.

Where do you access water for cooking and washing from? The water for the cooking is bought from a car which will come to the house, and the water for cleaning is already at home and the money is paid for it to the municipality.

Where do you leave your young children when you do paid work, family enterprise or farm work?The married participants would leave the children with their family members who are mostly free, but there is a coast for transportation to get the child to the family house.

Are there any local organizations providing services for women?The participants said that they didn't get any services but heard about it and weren’t able to have enough information about the facility.

Does anyone pay for childcare services in your community?There are some women who will be pay for childcare, and there will be two options: either putting the child in a care center, or putting the child with family members with regular payments.

Do local enterprises provide paid sick leave, or maternity leave? When it comes to sick and maternity leaves, the public institutions and some NGOs are working according to the law and provide a paid leave. In the other hand, the privet sector and some of the NGOs don't provide a paid leave and if they do they will give a short period.

Are there government workers that provide support or equipment for caring for elderly, disabled or ill family members?

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There are public institutions to provide services to elderly, disabled and ill family members, but the family will have to go and seek the service and this might take a long time before starting to receive the service.

Objective: Identify and rank options to address problems with the current patterns of care work, and especially reduce difficulties for women around care work

What options exist for reducing difficulties and redistributing care work? How can care work be redistributed within the household (look at different generations) and redistributed from families to governments/others

According to the participant this is how the work load should be divided:

The participants explained some of the activities which Distributing the work load among the family members, such as: In an ideal world the women agreed that some of the household’s activities can be distributed and the men can take care of these tasks: His personal needs, gardening, some of the tasks which needs some physical efforts. Also the man should help the woman in her in the regular household, and give her plenty of time to finish her tasks before asking for anything. The men should take more load from the work load when the women is sick or attending a social event. The women agreed that some of the care work is just for women such as: Cooking, cleaning, childcare, laundry, and ironing. The children at a proper age can help in the work load, especially by doing their own personal needs and keep the house clean. The boys can help in shopping outside the house and taking the trash outside. The girls can help in cleaning and light tasks in cooking.

Family and Government:

Providing child care facilities for the working mom, also improving the quality of the public services such as the healthcare centers. Building parks in each neighborhood and keeps it safe and clean for the children to spend their time. Developing some

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meckanezmes which will help to protect the women’s right and builds the capacity to enforce the labor laws.

Providing a fully equipped house will allow the women to decrease the needed time and effort for time this will lead to increase the productivity on the business scale.

Expected outcomes for interventionObjective Identify the expected results of intervention taking into account the care line for future projects

If you had access to improved stoves, washing facilities, electricity or other helpers, what difference would it make for you? It would lots of difference for the women saving their time and energy.

How many minutes or hours would this save?

The participant said that they will save around 9.5 hours per day.

Is time the only difference? Would it make a difference to your Health? The amount of sleep you get? Time for baking or cooking? Tasks/activities/education for children? Saving time will allow the women to take a better care of her. Also it will save the women’s energy. The saved energy and time will improve the social life of the women.

P.S. Living with the extended family will require the woman to spend at least 2-3 hours per day to help and socialize with the in-laws.

If there was a childcare centre in your locality, which children would attend and why?Women agreed that in sending the children to the care centers; gender doesn’t matter, but the age does, as they will choose the younger to go to the care centers.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of having children in a centre?The advantages and disadvantages of sending the children to the childcare centers are: Advantage: this will allow the women to seek new or better jobs, or will

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improve the current business of the women. Disadvantage: having it away from the business and some of the facilities might not be trusted.

What would people say who were against the change (e.g. would some people say that mothers have become lazy?)The elder generations might not agree on putting the children in care centers and believe that no one is better than the mother to take care of their children. Some women do care and get affected by what they say about them, others won’t care.

Would you be able to go to earn more money for your labor or goods you make? Women will be able to earn more money and join some activities outside the house if there was a child care available.

Food Processing UnitsFor the working women in food processing field, the participated 7 women has reported about their experience in being engaged in business as working women. In this group 43% of women are from the North area where majority of food processing and agricultural business are established. 86% of them are married while 14% are divorced. This indicator reflect that its rarely to found single women engaged in such business which need experience in food processing.

South14%

Middle29%

North43%

Gaza14%

Geographical Distribution

Marred86%

Di-vorced

14%

Martial Status

It's found that 43% of the working women depend on the business as the main source of family income, while 28% of them get wage from temporary jobs and 29% get salary from government/UNRWA beside the business income. Among those 43% are living with family and don’t had dependant house.

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The Project43%

Wage29%

Salary29%

Source of Family Income


The majority of participants are educated with 86% of them are finalizing their secondary school "Tawjeehi" and only 14% are finalizing the prep school. In turn, 29% of the participants are the managers of their business, 43% of them are employees and 28% are partners.

More details about the life style and the working women needs are addressed in the focus group discussion below.

Beliefs and norms


Is there a difference between the hour’s men and woman spend on care in your community?"Is that even a question" That was the answer for most of the women, explaining that there is a significant difference in the number of the hours which is giving for care and with almost zero hours for men.

Why do you think that this is?The women believed that they are more capable than men to perform care work. The same believes tells that the main role of the man is to work outside the house earning money while women stay at home. The women are responsible and needs to know and perform all the household tasks. It is believed that women are more capable than men to do the household work. The man has his own work outside the house while the women is not working and staying at home.

Has this changed in the last ten years? There are some changes over time but not a lot. 4 out of 9 see this change a positive one since they get more help than before. The others belief that it is a negative change as they don't like mixing the roles between men and women in care work, but they would still appreciate little help in some light care work.

How has it changed?

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Prep School14%

Secandry School86%

Educational Level


The reasons behind this change are mainly education for both men and women, also more people especially men are travelling now and that allows them to see that it is ok for men to be involved in care work. Also, women do no longer fear the authority of the men which allows the women be stronger, especially that women are leaving the house for work and education. The agreement between the women that the roles of the women and men are still the same but what changed is there are more corporations between them and it is more accepted now for the women to leave the house on her own.

How do your care responsibilities affect your ability to do earn money? Farming/earn money in your business?

Having less care work for women will definitely increase the productivity of the business and making money.

Do you or others ever discuss this in your home or in the community?Discussing the topic doesn't happen that often

Step 1 Explore relationships of care in the communityObjective: Get participants to reflect on whom they care for, who cares for them, and how relations of care build on social roles in the family.

Whom do you cook for?Cooking is mostly done for the husband and the children. Some will cook for the grandchildren if they live with them. No in-laws in this group of participants.

Do you ever take food to your neighbors? One of the women does cook for the neighbors. In some events when making a traditional meal they will feed the neighbors. Feeding the neighbors is not a daily task but it is mostly looked at as a gift or a help especially when a woman is sick. Women don't look to cooking for the neighbors as a burden but they will happily do it.

Do you watch over any other children in addition to your own?3 of the participants care other children such: Grandchildren, cosines' children, neighbors. It is not regular but when the mom needs it they will do it, and it works both ways. It is not a duty and is considered as a favor.

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Who takes cares of your children when you are unwell?Some of the women won't find any help at all for the care work when they are sick. Others will receive some help from the mother, sister or in-laws. When having elder children then no problem as they will help the mom in the care work

Who do you give moral support to?The moral support is mostly given to children, friends, sisters and other family members.



What care activities take up most of your time daily/weekly?

The picture shows that the care work which carried around the house hold is: Cooking, Cleaning the house, childcare. Food shopping, teaching the children, ironing, socializing, healthcare for children, making bread.

What factors increase the amount of time you have to spend on this task?The hard efforts needed for care work comes from the fact that it is a hand task. One of the factors will be not having electricity (it is cut for at least 8 hours a day because of the blockade) for example: instead of backing the bread on an electric machine it will be on the fire which takes lots of effort and time. Also, been alone with no one to help since the children needs go to school, the women will do all the care work on her own. Another reason is having a big large family which means more care work. For some of the care work which is done outside the house such as food shopping, takes a lot of time which is spent on public transportation.

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Which families in the community take least time for this task? What do they have/do?Some of the participants don't take as much time as the other participants. The reason is that the women starts early in the morning which will allow her to finish early. And she has a machine to prepare the dough for bread baking which saves time; also she has a daughter who will help her.

What care activities do you do while running your business? While working within the business some will do the laundry, prepare the food or care for their children. This goes for the women who have their business located in their house, the others who have their business away from their house don't do any car work.

At what periods of the year do you find it more difficult to cope with care work?

The seasons where the care work becomes harder are: Winter, school time, social events, having children at the age of 0-4 months.

What have you tried (individually or collectively) to reduce the time you spend on various care/housework activities? Some women will ask their children, boys and girls, to help around the house with some light care work.

What do you wish you could buy? Automatic washing machine, a machine to prepare the dough for bread baking, vacuum, dish washer. They strongly refused having an assistant to help with the house and the children.


Objective: Explore the significance (extent? Impact in lives of careers?) Of care work and distribution of care roles at household level

Does your husband or family expect you to provide the care work at home?Women are expected to carry on the care activities inside and outside the household

What happens if you don’t provide the care that you are expected to provide?

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No one will help with the car work and the workload will accumulate on the women. In some families there will be arguments with the husband for not taking care of the house duties.

Which care activities do you have to do on your own?Mainly cooking, baking, ironing, and most of the tasks.

Do girls help with cooking? Washing the clothes?Yes the girls help with the tasks but they won't do it on their own.

Do boys ever go to collect water? Yes and some time the women will do it but mostly the husband and the son

Who provides moral support for the women?Moral support for women is mostly coming from: daughters and the sisters, friends but mostly no one.


What takes too much time?Teaching the children, weddings, leaving the house for some tasks (business is located at home) and bread making.

What takes you don’t like to do?Socializing, bread making.

What are the main issues: the amount of time spent doing care work? The restriction on their mobility associated with specific tasks (like caring for sick people or the elderly)? Some element of physical/mental discomfort? The inability to attend community meetings as these is held when women are busy with care work?

No electricity. Public transportation. Socializing in unplanned events.


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What support, what infrastructure, what services help your work caring for people or your housework?

The care work is less with the technologies, better cooking equipments such as pressure cooker and microwave, a machine to prepare the dough for bread making, car

Where do you access water for cooking and washing from? The water for the cooking is bought from a car which will come to the house, and the water for cleaning is already at home and the money is paid for it to the municipality.

Where do you leave your young children when you do paid work, family enterprise or farm work?With some family members.

Are there any local organizations providing services for women?Some of the women heard about some of the organizations in other cities but not in the same community. The women explained that there is no accountability since the association's services will go to a certain people and leave the one who are really in need

Does anyone pay for childcare services in your community?They know some women who pay for child care but they wouldn't pay for childcare themselves.

Do local enterprises provide paid sick leave, or maternity leave? The women who work in public institutions will get a paid maternity and sick leave. In the privet sector, they don't receive the full paid leave; even the salaries for men are higher from the salaries than women

Are there government workers that provide support or equipment for caring for elderly, disabled or ill family members?

The government provides some services for elder people and disabled but there is no accountability and the service is with bad quality with some people are not included in the services.

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How can care work be redistributed within the household (look at different generations) and redistributed from families to governments/othersWomen will appreciate it if the men help with the woman's business also provide anything needed in the house. The women don't want the men to do care work within the house, just provide for the house and he may help a little with the childcare and food shopping. Most of the women would stay at home if the man earned good salaries.

Expected outcomes for intervention

Objective Identify the expected results of intervention taking into account the care line for future projects

If you had access to improved stoves, washing facilities, electricity or other helpers, what difference would it make for you? Better care work managing will save time and energy for the women. If they save energy they can go outside the house and provide better care for the children and the husband, and on top of the a better health outcome for the woman, as they will have more sleep and become more relaxed and even enjoy doing other entertainment activities. Better sleep

How many minutes or hours would this save? The extra help can save the women up to half the care time.

Is time the only difference? Would it make a difference to your Health? The amount of sleep you get? Time for baking or cooking? Tasks/activities/education for children? It will allow the women to sleep more and take a better care of her health

If there was a childcare centre in your locality, which children would attend and why?Yes there is. And they would send the children at the age of 4-6 with no preference for gender. The education differences at the college education are in the favor of the boys.

What would people say who were against the change (e.g. would some people say that mothers have become lazy?)

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The people in the society might say that the women are controlling the man. They will say that why don't you stay at home and take care of your children.

Annex (1): FGD Question's

Beliefs and norms


Is there a difference between the hour’s men and woman spend on care in your community?

Why do you think that this is? Has this changed in the last ten years? How has it changed? How do your care responsibilities affect your ability to do earn money?

Farming/earn money in your business? Do you or others ever discuss this in your home or in the community?

Step 1 Explore relationships of care in the communityObjective: Get participants to reflect on whom they care for, who cares for them, and how relations of care build on social roles in the family.

Whom do you cook for? Do you ever take food to your neighbours? Do you watch over any other children in addition to your own? Who takes cares of your children when you are unwell? Do you ever cook for people outside of your own household? Who do you give moral support to?



What care activities take up most of your time daily/weekly ? What factors increase the amount of time you have to spend on this task ? Which families in the community take least time for this task ? What do they have/do? Do other communities have services/infrastructure that make this task easier ? What care activities do you do while running your business ? What do you do with your children ? At what periods of the year do you find it more difficult to cope with care work ?

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What have you tried (individually or collectively) to reduce the time you spend on various care/housework activities ?

What do you wish you could buy ? What do you wish that you could do differently?


Objective: Explore the significance (extent? Impact in lives of carers?) of care work and distribution of care roles at household level

What care activities are performed at household level in your community ? What categories of people are involved in doing care work in your community ? Does your husband or family expect you to provide the care work at home? What happens if you don’t provide the care that you are expected to provide?

How do you feel about this? Which care activities do you have to do on your own? Could you get support from other family members?

If not, why not? Do girls help with cooking ? Washing the clothes ? Do boys ever go to collect water ? Who takes care of family members that are ill ? Who provides moral support in crisis ?


what takes too much time ? Which tasks in your day do you not feel good about, put off, resent (versus tasks

you enjoy more)? What element of care is most difficult to manage on a daily basis ? What are the main issues: the amount of time spent doing care work ? The

restriction on their mobility associated with specific tasks (like caring for sick people or the elderly) ? Some element of physical/mental discomfort ? The inability to attend community meetings as these are held when women are busy with care work?

Objective: Understand fluctuations in care patterns

What factors lead to fluctuations in patterns of care ? How have care activities changed?



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What support, what infrastructure, what services help your work caring for people or your housework?

where do you access water for cooking and washing from ? Where do you leave your young children when you do paid work, family enterprise

or farm work? Are there any local organisations providing services for women ? Does anyone pay for childcare services in your community ? Do local enterprises provide paid sick leave, or maternity leave ? Are there government workers that provide support or equipment for caring for

elderly, disabled or ill family members?


What options exist for reducing difficulties and redistributing care work ? How can care work be redistributed within the household (look at different

generations) and redistributed from families to governments/others ?

Expected outcomes for intervention

Objective Identify the expected results of intervention taking into account the care line for future projects

If you had access to improved stoves, washing facilities, electricity or other helpers, what difference would it make for you?

How many minutes or hours would this save? Is time the only difference? Would it make a difference to your Health? The amount of sleep you get? Time for

baking or cooking? Tasks/activities/education for children? If there was a childcare centre in your locality, which children would attend and

why? What are the advantages and disadvantages of having children in a centre? What would people say who were against the change (e.g. would some

people say that mothers have become lazy?) What tasks/activities would you do more of? Would you be able to go to earn more money for your labour or goods you make? If the community started literacy classes for women in the evening, under

what conditions would you be able to attend?

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Annex (2): Demographic Factsheet

العمر: ..................-المنطقة الجغرافية-

) ( شمال غزة ) ( مدينة غزة ) ( الوسطى) ( الجنوب

مصدر دخل األسرة : ......................................-معدل دخل األسرة الشهري: .............................. شيكل -الحالة االجتماعية : ........................-عدد أفراد األسرة: ........................-

أطفال سن روضة: ................ أطفال في المدرسة: ...................جامعات: .........................

كبار سن : .................. ذوي احتياجاتخاصة: ......................

) أجرة □ملك □طبيعة السكن: ) ( مستقل -( مع األسرة

المؤهل العلمي: ............................-التخصص: ........................

طبيعة المشروع: ......................................-دورك في المشروع: -

) ( مديرة المشروع ) ( موظف ) ( غيرذلك: .................

ما النوع العمل الحالي: -

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